Guest:
Dr. Blair Benham-Pyle is an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. She talks about how multipotent cells in Schmidtea mediterranea enable whole-body regeneration. She also discusses the effects of the mechanical environment on stem cell fate.
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The Stem Cell Science Round Up
Antibodies to Rejuvenate the Immune System – Depleting myeloid-biased HSCs in aged mice restores features of a more youthful immune system.
Infant Intestinal Perforation and Brain Injury – Scientists identified subventricular zone echogenicity on cranial ultrasound in preterm infants following intestinal perforations.
Cell Fate in Brain Development – Researchers studied fate decisions in cerebral organoids and early fetal tissue.
Autofluorescence in Neural Stem Cells – Quiescent and activated neural stem cells have unique autofluorescence profiles.
Image courtesy of Dr. Blair Benham-Pyle
